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3 dead, 12 injured as train ploughs into bus in Bangladesh
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least three persons were killed and 12 people injured when a train ploughed into a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh's Feni district, 49 km southeast of Dhaka, Sunday.
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Bangladesh COVID-19 cases rise to 378,266, death toll reaches 5,524
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,193 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths on Sunday, making the tally at 378,266 and death toll at 5,524, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
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Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of violating ceasefire, shelling Ganja city whi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], October 11 (Xinhua/ANI): Azerbaijan Sunday accused Armenia of violating a ceasefire by attacking its second-largest city of Ganja which resulted in heavy civilian casualties.
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Philippines reports 2,502 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Manila [Philipinees], October 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 339,341 after the Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,502 new daily cases on Sunday.
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UN Alliance of Civilizations chief condemns attacks on religious, sacred s
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The high representative of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Miguel Moratinos, on Friday strongly condemned attacks against religious and sacred sites as a consequence of the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said his spokeswoman.
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Japan to lift ban on overseas travel to 12 countries by next month
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 9 (ANI): Japan is planning to remove the ban on overseas travel to 12 countries, which was imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by next month, Xinhua reported citing Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
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COVID-19 makes universal health coverage more urgent than ever: UN chief
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic has made the need for universal health coverage more urgent than ever.
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Brazil's COVID-19 cases top 5 million
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], October 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Wednesday said 31,553 COVID-19 cases were reported over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 5,000,694.
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U.S. Oregon governor announces COVID-19 rapid testing plan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
San Francisco [USA], October 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Governor of the U.S. state of Oregon Kate Brown on Tuesday announced a plan to deploy a huge influx of rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government.
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Uzbekistan expresses concern over tense situation in Kyrgyzstan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], October 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Uzbekistan is seriously concerned over the political crisis in neighboring Kyrgyzstan and hopes for the earliest possible stabilization of the situation, the Uzbek foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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Russia, France, U.S. call for ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh region
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday called for a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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2nd largest cinema chain in U.S. considers closing all theatres
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Regal Cinemas, the second-largest theatre chain in the United States, is considering closing all 543 of its theatres in the country due to continued revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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